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Encyclopedia > Harry Tuffins
Harry Tuffin
Type Privately held company
Founded 1955
Headquarters Churchstoke, Powys, Wales
Key people Rob Delves (Joint Chairman), Ruby Delves (Joint Chairman), Paul Delves (Managing Director), Sallie Atwell (Company Secretary)
Industry Retail (Grocery)
Products Some own brand but mainly larger and regional brands
Revenue GB£3.6 million [1] 2005
Employees 409 [2]
Slogan We sell a range of groceries and an ever widening range of home & garden products at prices that match any of the national supermarkets
Website Harry Tuffins

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History

The eponymous Harry Tuffin started up the business with his wife Doris in 1955 with a garage and two petrol pumps in Churchstoke. They expanded the business gradually over the following years and there are now three additional shops in Knighton and Craven Arms and Bishops Castle in Shropshire. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Churchstoke is a small village on the Welsh border on one of the principle routes into Wales from England. ... For other places with the same name, see Knighton (disambiguation). ... Statistics Population: 2,289 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SO432828 Administration District: South Shropshire Shire county: Shropshire Region: West Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Shropshire Historic county: Shropshire Services Police force: West Mercia Ambulance service: West Midlands Post office and telephone Post town: CRAVEN... Bishops Castle is a small market-town in Shropshire, England, and formerly its smallest borough. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is an English county in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. ...


Locations

The stores are similar:

  • Knighton: groceries, petrol, multi-storey car-park
  • Craven Arms: groceries, petrol
  • Churchstoke: groceries, petrol, cafe, country park with animals and an outdoor market
  • Bishops Castle: groceries

The business

Harry Tuffin is part of the Nisa Today buying group. The shops are no strangers to innovation and were the first to introduce a form of one-pound shop. Consequently, it has recently been identified as one of the Top 300 Businesses in Wales [3] Nisa Todays is a brand and buying group (or ‘symbol group’) of independent retailers (primarily small grocery shops) in the United Kingdom. ...



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